A female caterer; a woman who supplies and prepares food and drink for events and gatherings.
From 'caterer' plus the feminine suffix '-ess', following the historical pattern of adding '-ess' to mark female versions of occupations.
The term 'cateress' shows how language once carefully marked gender in professions—interestingly, women had dominated food preparation for millennia before professional catering became 'respectable' work!
Feminine suffix -ess applied to 'cater' to mark female catering workers, following historical pattern of gendering occupations to denote women as exceptions to male-default roles.
Use 'cater' or 'catering professional' for gender-neutral reference; 'cateress' acceptable only if speaker explicitly identifies as such.
["catering professional","caterer"]
Women have been primary food service workers across most cultures; gendered job titles historically diminished professional status and wage parity.
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